frohevsfrohesConfusable pair

Which to use

“frohe” and “frohes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,713
“frohe” frequency rank
#15,359
“frohes” frequency rank
24072
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature frohe frohes
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs froh Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs froh

Where the eye mixes frohe and frohes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
frohe
6 ch
frohes

Why the eye confuses frohe with frohes

A purely visual mix-up. frohe ([ˈfʁoːə]) and frohes ([ˈfʁoːəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “frohe” sits inside “frohes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

frohe is recorded at frequency rank #8,713, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁoːə]. frohes is at rank #15,359, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁoːəs].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 24072, this pair ranks #1,852,741 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of frohe vs frohes

Shared letters: efhor. Private to "frohe": -. Private to "frohes": s.

"frohe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "frohes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • froheffrohe · forhe · frhoe · froeh · frohhe · frrohe · rfohe
  • frohesffrohes · forhes · frhoes · froehs · frohess · frohhes · frohse · frrohes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "frohe" and "frohes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfʁoːə] versus [ˈfʁoːəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "frohe" vs "frohes" - which ranks higher?
"frohe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,713 in our German list, against #15,359 for "frohes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "frohe" and "frohes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "frohe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "frohes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,852,741 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "frohe" and "frohes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flores vs frohes". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,852,741 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list